Episode Two — The Secret Life of Johnny Mnemonic

INTRODUCTION (0:40)

• Welcome and host intros
• Short Story Headlines
  • Huffington Post reports “Secret Life of Walter Mitty” adaptation in the works with Ben Stiller
  • Orbit Books introduces Orbit Short Fiction
  • Trestle Press Summer Submission Contest
  • “Geeks Rule” short story anthology ebook by Basil Sands
  • The February/May 2011 issue of Strand Magazine has “So I Shot Him,” previously-unpublished short story by Dashiell Hammett (author of The Maltese Falcon, Thin Man stories, et al.)
• Last Episode Feedback and Followup

BUMPER

DISCUSSION (13:50)

• Gneech: Short story giants: James Thurber.
• Gneech: Steve Martin: Cruel Shoes (1977), Pure Drivel (1998)
• Greg: It’s a Good Life by James Bixby
• Buck: Johnny Mnemonic by William Gibson

BUMPER

THE BLOODY PEN OF THE RANTING EDITOR (32:30)

• Buck: Short story scope/world building, i.e. how the short story Johnny Mnemonic went from a short story to the Sprawl Trilogy that defined ‘cyberspace’.

BUMPER

ENDSHOW

• Gneech: Stories at gneech.com, particularly The Day I Almost Changed My Mind
• Greg: The Species of Alone on Smashwords.com (coupon code XD42B) and solicit for Fang book 5.
• Buck: Roar existing books, request for Roar 4 submissions

• Call for audience participation, suggestions, news items, general plugs
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This Week’s Music

• Regular intro and outro: “The Third Man Theme” by Rat City Brass, used by permission.
• Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network: “Journey B” by DanielReal2K, “Psycho” by B-Sea Surfers,“Naked Under Leather” by Rubber Band Banjo, “Banjo Roids” by ATL Producers, “Honey Cotton” by Alex Cebe, “Chilling Loop” by Upstairs, and “Banjo Tango” by Cynthia Sayer.
• Courtesy of http://freemusicarchive.org: “Songe D’Automne” by Latché Swing, “Rythme Gitan” by Latché Swing, “Broken String” by the Underscore Orkestra, “Jovanko” by the Underscore Orkestra, and“Chosen Kale Mazel Tov” by the Underscore Orkestra.